Improvement in reversible plows



J. GOGEL.

REVERSIBLE PLOW.

Patented May15, 1877.

INVENTU R /ff/ WITNEE EEE N-PETERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAPI-l, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa J OHN GOGEL, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN REVERSIBLE PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,678, dated May 15,1877; application led March 3, 1877.

To all whom zt may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN GOGEL, of Toledo, in Lucas county, in the Stateof Ohio, have in vented an Improved Reversible or HilLSide Plow, ofwhich the following` is a specification This invention consists in anovel means of adjusting the colter to adapt it to the position of theshare and mold-board on the right or left side of-the beam.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a sideelevation of a plow embracing my improvements, and showing the share andmold-board to the right of the beam. Fig. 2 represents the same with themold-board and share to the left; and Fig. 3 is a top view of the same,with the mold-board and share to the left in full lines, and to theright in dotted lines.

The same letters of reference occurring on the several gures indicatelike parts.

A represents the beam, and B the handles, of the plow, as usuallyconstructed. To the under side of said beam is connected, by means ofbraces G and D, a shoe, E. To this shoe are pivoted the share F andmold-board G G', as at a a', and on which points they turn in unison tobring them to the right or left of the beam, as desired. The share F,being made of steel, may be thin, and consequently light, so as to cutits way easily through the earth. The portion G of the mold-board ismade ot' sheet or plate iron, and is also light, while the intermediateportion Gr is of castiron, and to which the two extremities are boltedand braced by irons b, to give them the necessary rigidity.

The shank c of the colter H passes freely and vertically through anaperture in the beam A, and is held in place in a fixed position, to theright or left, by the lever d, resting on the left or right of theinverted V-shaped standard c, erected on the beam, so that on reversingthe share and mold-board the rear end of the lever d may be raised andpassed to the opposite side of the standard c, to bring the colter intoproper position, relatively, to the share, when it will be retained insuch posi tion by the lever resting against the incline ol' the standarde, while the share and moldboard are retained in position on the rightor left by the hook j', connected with the beam A, and engaging with oneof the holes g in the upper end of the mold-board.

The land-wheel I is connected with a stem, h, which is notched on itsrear side at h', to engage with the metal plate i on the beam A, and issecurely held in position atany desired height by the wedge-shaped keyk, passing through the beam in front of and against the said stem h.

A plow thus constructed is light to handle, easy of draft, and readilyreversible, and adjustable for deep or shallow plowing.

What is here claimed as new, and desired to be secured by LettersPatent, is-

The combination of the lever d, hinged to the colter. with the angularstandard e, for adjusting the colter to the right or left of the beam,as described.

JOHN GOGEL.

Witnesses:

EDW. KoLB, W. MORRIS SMITH.

